New website for teens who work

Teens looking for jobs have a new web site that will offer them tips on how to apply, interview and more.

There are a lot of rules for teens who work, so the State Labor Department has put together a new website that answers questions about work papers and hours.

Department spokeswoman Michelle Duffy says this is the time of the year the job market could pick up for teens.

“We’re hoping with the holiday season, October starts to pick up with retailers in particular starting to hire for the holiday season and then they start to really ramp it up in November and then December is the peak hiring time,” said Duffy.

Duffy says parents and kids are often calling the labor department to get information on that first job.